Alchemy

Thriller/Suspense 14 min.Directed by Brandon Polanco

An epic transformation manifests from a seemingly routine interview... as a failed everyman begins working through pages and pages of questions, time begins to elongate and the man finds himself tormented, becoming more and more isolated. He battles the unknown, ultimately transcending into a heightened reality, discovering a new life existing between multiple worlds, both familiar and otherworldly. Starring Ian Kevin Scott and Angela Pietropinto (Welcome To The Dollhouse.)

Alchemy was filmed completely at the Windmill Studios NYC in Brooklyn.

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Director BioBrandon Lee Polanco is a creative artist, novelist, and a filmmaker, his professional career began in New York City where he developed projects from short films to commercials to music videos. Currently he is in post-production on his first feature film Earth Mother (shot and produced in Austin, Texas). Many of his projects have ranged in style and received multiple accolades leading him to showcase his work at the Cannes Film Festival, New York Television Festival, Ciné Fest, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and over a 100 other film festivals around the world. All of this has been possible because of his viral hit short film, Writer’s Block which stars Emmy Award-winning Bryan Cranston (AMC’s Breaking Bad). He released his fist novel Dylan Rey and the Infinite Beings in 2016 and is currently in progress on the sequel to his trilogy of novels called the Infinite Saga. He is based in Los Angeles, CA these days where he is developing projects and stories for future generations.

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